Snooker

Tomorrow's final is Mark Selby vs. Barry Hawkins.

Selby won 11-3

He's still the man to beat at The Crucible, in my opinion.

Yep.
I can't see past Selby at the Crucible either. Over longer matches he is extremely difficult to beat.
He can wear down the opponents and grind them into the floor.

It's weird that earlier in the season he seemed a bit wishy-washy, but as you say, he's moved up through the gears now that the Crucible is in sight.

First round of Crucible qualifying underway.
Reanne Evans is out after losing 10-7 to Dominic Dale.
Ricky Walden has beaten Joe Swail 10-8 while Liang Wenbo thrashed Rod Lawler 10-2. Liang hit a 147 in the process but missed an easy black for a second maximum in the same match. Robin Hull has claimed an excellent 10-7 win over Chinese star Cao Yupeng.
Finally Jimmy White sealed a 10-6 victory over Sam Craigie to progress to round 2.

The sixteen men who have battled through 3 rounds of qualifying to reach the Crucible are:

Ryan Day
Liam Highfield
Xiao Guodong
Stuart Carrington
Graeme Dott
Robert Milkins
Lyu Haotian
Matthew Stevens
Jamie Jones
Jack Lisowski
Ricky Walden
Joe Perry
Chris Wakelin
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Jimmy Robertson
Stephen Maguire

Pleased for Dott, Day and Walden

World Championship First Round Draw: (seeds in brackets)

Mark Selby (1) v Joe Perry

Mark Allen (16) v Liam Highfield

Kyren Wilson (9) v Matthew Stevens

Shaun Murphy (8) v Jamie Jones

John Higgins (5) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Stuart Bingham (12) v Jack Lisowski

Luca Brecel (13) v Ricky Walden

Judd Trump (4) v Chris Wakelin
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Ding Junhui (3) v Xiao Guodong

Anthony McGill (14) v Ryan Day

Marco Fu (11) v Lyu Haotian

Barry Hawkins (6) v Stuart Carrington

Mark Williams (7) v Jimmy Robertson

Neil Robertson (10) v Robert Milkins

Ali Carter (15) v Graeme Dott

Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) v Stephen Maguire

Don't worry Maguire has drawn Ronnie so he will be out in 1st round most likely.

Am happy that Ebdon lost in last qualifying round

(18-04-2018 19:27 )snookered Wrote:  The sixteen men who have battled through 3 rounds of qualifying to reach the Crucible are:

Ryan Day
Liam Highfield
Xiao Guodong
Stuart Carrington
Graeme Dott
Robert Milkins
Lyu Haotian
Matthew Stevens
Jamie Jones
Jack Lisowski
Ricky Walden
Joe Perry
Chris Wakelin
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Jimmy Robertson
Stephen Maguire